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Pīnyīn
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  *这* | 这* | *这
(pronoun) this; these / (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) / (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)
HSK 1
 
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  *这* | 这* | *这
(coll.) this
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  *两* | 两* | *两
two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty (old)
HSK 1
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  *个* | 个* | *个
 
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  *个* | 个* | *个
(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier) / (bound form) individual
HSK 1
 
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  *个* | 个* | *个
variant of 個|个
HSK 1
词素
morpheme
之间
(after a noun) between; among; amid / (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间)
HSK 4
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  *是* | 是* | *是
to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion)
HSK 1
 
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  *是* | 是* | *是
variant of
HSK 1
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  *偏* | 偏* | *偏
to lean / to slant / oblique / prejudiced / to deviate from average / to stray from the intended line / stubbornly / contrary to expectations
HSK 6
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  *正* | 正* | *正
first month of the lunar year
 
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  *正* | 正* | *正
straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive
HSK 1
结构
structure / composition / makeup / architecture / CL: , 個|个
HSK 4
真正
genuine; real; true / really; indeed
HSK 2
表示
(of sb) to express; to state; to show / (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show / expression; manifestation
HSK 2
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  *动* | 动* | *动
(of sth) to move / to set in movement / to displace / to touch / to make use of / to stir (emotions) / to alter / abbr. for 動詞|动词, verb
HSK 1
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  *作* | 作* | *作
(bound form) worker / (bound form) workshop / (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
 
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  *作* | 作* | *作
to do; to engage in / to write; to compose / to pretend; to feign / to regard as; to consider to be / to be; to act the part of / to feel (itchy, nauseous etc) / writings; works
HSK 6
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  *的* | 的* | *的
of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的 "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
HSK 1
 
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  *的* | 的* | *的
a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士)
 
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  *的* | 的* | *的
really and truly
 
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  *的* | 的* | *的
(bound form) bull's-eye; target
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  *是* | 是* | *是
to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion)
HSK 1
 
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  *是* | 是* | *是
variant of
HSK 1

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